If comedy is your default lane, Keroro Gunsou Movie 6: Fukkatsu shite Sokkou Chikyuu Metsubou no Kiki de Arimasu! is the season's pickup. Bandai Namco Pictures ships June 26, 2026, 1 eps, and the casting decisions alone have the source's fanbase paying attention.
Where it lives
New Keroro Gunsou project to celebrate its 20th anniversary. It's the kind of premise that sounds tidy in two sentences and gets weirder on screen — in a good way. Stick around past the cold open.
The hands on it
Bandai Namco Pictures's on the line, with Kadokawa, Bandai Namco Filmworks on the committee. Their recent ledger is the thing flagging this as more than spring filler — the storyboards on the opener show actual budget, not contractual minimum.
When it airs
weekly broadcast TBD. Episode count: 1. Same-day simulcast windows are on the usual Western streamers — check your local Crunchyroll, HIDIVE, or Hulu listing for the timed slot.
The case for it
MAL hasn't aggregated enough scores to plot yet — usually means a quieter launch and a sleeper trajectory. Worth a watchlist slot before it gains weight in week four. Slot it. Worst case you drop it episode four with a story still worth telling someone about.